[proposed letter] NCSG Concerns About the Sale of the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital

[Remmy Nweke]

Hi all
I think Lizzy and Milton among others have drawn lot of attention to non
effect of this letter or any other one.

I will like to suggest to those of us who have hanged around .org TLD to
start thinking of plan B including getting alternate domain and redirect
the current one and if hosted by PIR find alternative too depending on the
agreement abnitio.
Regards
Remmy

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 8:33 PM Liz Orembo <lizorembo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> ICANN has no authority to stop the sale of PIR to a private entity.  But
> this sale is unethical from multiple dimensions and among other things will
> have a negative impact on the future of Multistakeholderism in the IG
> ecosystem.
>
> I bet no one saw this coming, and mixed with ISOC being too familiar at
> the time of auctioning contributed to this legal loophole.
>
> As NCSG I don't think our efforts to influence ICANN broad to halt this
> sale will yield anything.  But surely the board is free to issue an advise
> against the sale. The silence makes it seem like everything is okay or at
> least it is supporting this madness.
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 21:19 Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>> I’ve reviewed this letter and I think it takes the wrong approach and
>> should be scrapped.
>>
>> It is basically asking ICANN to just stop the sale, which it has no real
>> authority to do, and does not offer a viable set of protections for .org
>> registrants.
>>
>> It’s about expressing anger and not about constructive response.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Milton L Mueller
>>
>> School of Public Policy
>>
>> Georgia Institute of Technology
>>
>> [image: IGP_logo_gold block_email sig]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Ayden
>> Férdeline
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2019 7:51 AM
>> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> *Subject:* [proposed letter] NCSG Concerns About the Sale of the Public
>> Interest Registry to Ethos Capital
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have drafted a letter outlining some concerns about the proposed sale
>> of PIR to Ethos Capital. It is in a Google Doc here.
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GNSxNtZ7k-TtvQkpVXhlSABxi0JYVzDNHU7zZCQtiPU/edit?usp=sharing>
>> In a nutshell, I am calling for ICANN to exercise its right in article 7.5
>> of the .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG Registry Agreements to withhold its approval
>> for ISOC to assign its rights and obligations to Ethos Capital. I hope that
>> the NCSG might consider sending it. Feel free to make/propose edits
>> directly into the document. If the NCSG does not feel comfortable sending
>> it, perhaps interested individuals could sign on instead and we can send it
>> off in our individual capacities? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden Férdeline
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-discuss/attachments/20191203/55c02e89/attachment.htm>